Slaying a Sea King [Two chapters in one, 3/3]

Slaying a Sea King [Two chapters in one, 33]

"What did that girl say her name was?"

On the way back to the warship, Onigumo kept asking Noah, having failed to catch her name.

"No idea. Don't know. Don't care."

Noah's face was expressionless.

He really wasn't interested. More precisely, he really didn't want anything to do with that girl.

Domino...

Her face alone hadn't rung any bells, but the moment she introduced herself, he remembered her.

The future colleague of Shiryu, a Chief Warden at Impel Down, who had once been petrified by Empress Hancock.

Judging by her behavior just now, she had masochistic tendencies and was a hundred percent a deranged obsessive.

A guy out on his own had to know how to protect himself. It was better to keep his distance from someone so unpredictable.

With his curiosity left unsatisfied, Onigumo pursed his lips in disappointment.

The warship left the island and headed toward Lodestar Island in pursuit.

Lodestar Island was the island that housed the Alabasta Kingdom's mainland. With a population exceeding ten million, it was one of the few truly enormous islands in the entire Grand Line.

From their current location, Noah and the others would need at least five days to reach it.

Onigumo had someone bring him a nautical chart. After studying it for a while, he offered his theory: the Max Pirates weren't heading for Lodestar Island, but for Picado Town along the way.

It was a lawless area with a flourishing black market. Many pirates went there to sell off their plunder, then stayed in town to drink, debauch, and throw their money around.

They generally went in loaded and came out penniless, handing every last coin of their loot to the town's shady merchants. They were practically working for